Finished Postscript by Cecelia Ahern, The wonderful sequel to to the book/film P.S. I Love You.
It was a tearjerker, soppy, sad, happy nostalgic and unputadownable, I hope they make a film from it.
Book 41. The Librarian of Auschitwitz by Antonio I tube.
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Here it is then, GN very own 50 books a year thead, or as the title suggest for those who think that may be a tad too many for them, whatever your personal best may be after a culmination of reading for a year. Don't be daunted by the "50" benchmark, as this is the first thread of its kind, it is experimental and will evolve as it progresses.
So to recap, start off with what you are reading now, or with a new book. How often you come to the thread is up to the individual. Over on MN, some seem to up date every so often with the next few they've read. If you feel so inclined post a review or a synopsis of the book. Definitely share if it's something you've loved......or hated, or shelved 
Reading material is not restricted to fiction, it can be anything, factual, audio, childrens, The Hungry Caterpillar or the like even!, such books count towards the 50, so who knows, you could be at that figure by the end of today 
At the end of the year post your complete list with your best read in bold, worst in italics and mention your top five, or top book if you've just read five 
Here's wishing those who partake a great reading year ahead in 2019.
36. How It Was, Janet Ellis
Started and finished well, I thought, but dragged on a bit in the middle. Some really unlikeable characters, especially the main one. What a thoroughly self-centred woman.
37. I Invited Her In, Adele Parks
So-so. Fairly predictable and forgettable.
38. The Rabbit Girls, Anna Elliott
I enjoyed this. It’s about a woman caring for her dying father, who delves into the history of her mother’s life in a concentration camp in WW2. It’s hard to read at times.
39. The Couple on Cedar Close, Anna Lou Weatherley
Very contrived, but enjoyable enough.
40. Two Brothers, Ben Elton
The two brothers, one adopted and Aryan, are brought up in a Jewish family in the run up to WW2 Germany. Started off so well, but was a bit contrived towards the end. Saying that, much of it is based on Elton’s own family history, and some of the detail about the period was eye opening.
10 to go! 
November reading:
Blood Orange - Harriet Tyce I really enjoyed this thriller, several people I know who'd also read it thought it was rubbish, maybe because most of the characters in it were pretty awful, but I don't have to like the people I'm reading about to enjoy the book. Good twist at the end and a well deserved fate for a loathsome arse.
After the Bombing - Clare Morrell (Audio) quite good, set in a girl's boarding school in Exeter during the war, Exeter, I learned was a city that was badly bombed and the girls school took a hit. Switches time frames between the 40s and the 60s when one of the characters, formerly a schoolgirl at the school is now a teacher, her story is told in retrospect.
The Black House - Peter May, first of his Lewis Man trilogy, although there is a murder at the heart of the book, it was an excellent insight to what it was like growing up in The Hebrides. Peter May writes very well.
Pieces of Her - Karin Slaughter (audio) fascinated by a crime writer who goes by the name of Slaughter, how very apt this story was quite promising at the start but then just turned into something quite mediocre, wouldn't rush to read another of her books.
The Summer House - Santa Montefiore (audio) standard sort of romantic fiction, cliched stereotypical posh people complete with an array of annoying upper crust accents, a bit grating at times, okay passed the time always wondered what her books were like, now I know. Okish.
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